AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A TAPERED SPLINE ARRANGEMENT

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EP 3 095 634 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	01.03.2017 Bulletin 2017/09

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	23.11.2016 Bulletin 2016/47

(21)	Application number: 16157309.2

(22)	Date of filing: 25.02.2016

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

B60K 17/36^(2006.01)
F16D 11/00^(2006.01)
F16D 23/00^(2006.01)

F16H 48/24^(2006.01)
F16D 11/14^(2006.01)
F16D 1/10^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	MA MD

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Priority:

22.05.2015 US 201514719977

(71)	Applicant: ArvinMeritor Technology, LLC
	Troy, MI 48084 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Hirao, Wagner Rochester Hills, MI Michigan 48309 (US)

(74)	Representative: Jones, John Bryn
	Withers & Rogers LLP 4 More London Riverside London SE1 2AU London SE1 2AU (GB)

(54)	AXLE ASSEMBLY HAVING A TAPERED SPLINE ARRANGEMENT

(57) An axle assembly having a tapered spline arrangement. The axle assembly may include a first shaft that may have a first spline and a clutch collar that may have a clutch collar spline that may be disposed in a hole that may receive the first shaft. The first spline and the second spline may be tapered in opposite directions.

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